Pompei (Naples), May 8 (LaPresse) – “The Rosary turns our gaze to the needs of the world, as the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae emphasized, highlighting in particular two intentions that remain urgently relevant: the family, affected by the weakening of marital bonds, and peace, endangered by international tensions and by an economy that prefers the arms trade over respect for human life.” This was said by Pope Leo XIV during his homily at the Mass in Piazza San Bartolo Longo in Pompei. “Exactly one year ago, when I was entrusted with the ministry of Successor of Peter, it was precisely the day of the Supplica to the Virgin of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii. I therefore had to come here to place my service under the protection of the Holy Virgin,” Prevost said. “Having chosen the name Leo also places me in the footsteps of Leo XIII, who among his many merits also developed a broad Magisterium on the Holy Rosary. Added to this is the recent canonization of Saint Bartolo Longo, apostle of the Rosary,” he added.
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